Bug #16909: pkg-config search should use AC_CHECK_TOOL instead of AC_CHECK_PROG

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• Backport: 2.5: UNKNOWN, 2.6: UNKNOWN, 2.7: UNKNOWN

[vapier (Mike Frysinger)]

pkg-config is a toolchain variable akin to the compiler/linker/etc... it should use AC_CHECK_TOOL to automatically search for a prefixed version and not just the bare pkg-config.

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed

Applied in changeset git|6006ab8cf93a0e06d9d65213eff3117965c9bd0c.

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Search pkg-config by AC_CHECK_TOOL [Bug #16909]

It should use AC_CHECK_TOOL to automatically search for a prefixed
version and not just the bare pkg-config.